A conversational podcast for aspiring rationalists.
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This is an alternate universe story, where Petunia married a scientist. Harry enters the wizarding world armed with Enlightenment ideals and the experimental spirit.
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Rav Yehoshua Liff grew up in Baltimore in the environment of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, where his father was a Rebbe. Living in Eretz Yisroel Rabbi Liff has been a Mechanech to many Talmidim for close to four decades as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Ner Yaakov, and presently as the Nasi of Yeshiva Ateres Yaakov in Ramat Beit Shemesh. His book about his personal stories with many Gedolim including Rav Moshe Feinstien, Rav Shach, Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz, and more, was published by Artscroll titled “At His ...
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Guarding our eyes is the key to bringing Kedusha into our lives. Chizuk and practical help to overcome our most difficult Nisayon.
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Welcome! We engage in fascinating discussions with pre-eminent figures in the AI field. Our flagship show covers current affairs in AI, cognitive science, neuroscience and philosophy of mind with in-depth analysis. Our approach is unrivalled in terms of scope and rigour – we believe in intellectual diversity in AI, and we touch on all of the main ideas in the field with the hype surgically removed. MLST is run by Tim Scarfe, Ph.D (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ecsquizor/) and features regular ...
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All rights belong to J.K Rowling. This is a fan fiction (HPMOR) written by Eliezer Yudkowsky. I am Jack Voraces, a professional audiobook narrator: https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Jack+Voraces I do not intend to make any money from this podcast. It is a free audiobook for anyone to listen to and it is my hope that it will eventually evolve into a dream I have had for a while. The 500 hour audiobook. I would like to create an audiobook that is 500 hours long, totally free and av ...
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Podcast of "Rationality: From AI to Zombies" by Eliezer Yudkowsky
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There are so many Jewish personalities and big people in the world. They all have a story on how they became who they are today. Deep, unboundedly interesting, fun and uplifting, Meaningful People Podcast is a weekly opportunity for Nachi & Momo to talk to the Jewish world's meaningful people.
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On this podcast we will be discussing all the foundational elements of Judaism and life. We will talk about how to define God, what is the purpose of the world, who gets to decide what is good and what is bad, the five categories of relationships and many more topics covering the basics of Judaism. With in-depth but easy-to-listen-to explanations this will add meaning and vitality to every moment of your day. Join us every Thursday on the journey of building strong Jewish foundations. Listen ...
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A weekly discussion about timely topics and Torah, with Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky.
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Join Steven and Brian as we dive into the world of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality! Steven will play the role of the tour guide while doing his best to not spoil any of the surprises and Brian will play the seasoned adventurer who is new to this particular work.
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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio.
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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio.
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Eliezer Yudkowsky and Stephen Wolfram on AI X-risk
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Eliezer Yudkowsky and Stephen Wolfram discuss artificial intelligence and its potential existen‑ tial risks. They traversed fundamental questions about AI safety, consciousness, computational irreducibility, and the nature of intelligence. The discourse centered on Yudkowsky’s argument that advanced AI systems pose an existential threat to humanity…
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A Day In October Part II | ft. Elchanan Danino, Avi Yudkowski & Capt. Elkanah Cohen
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In this continuation of our special series, we bring you more powerful stories from October 7th, a day that forever changed lives. Through these firsthand accounts, we delve deeper into the heartbreak, courage, and determination that emerged from tragedy. Avi Yudkowski, a Hatzalah volunteer and first responder, recounts his experiences on that fate…
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Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue their reading of Man in the High Castle. Couple of not too exciting chapters, but tension seem to be rising. Couple back next week for chapters 9 and 10!The Methods of Rationality Podcast
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A hypothetical about a finger-collecting demon throws Eneasz for a major loop.The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Flynn Goldstein | My Family Is Reform - I am Orthodox | Meet 16 year old Flynn Goldstein
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In this inspiring episode, we sit down with 16-year-old Flynn Goldstein, a young man whose deep connection to his Jewish heritage led him on a personal and spiritual journey from a Reform Jewish home to embracing Orthodox Judaism. Despite his family's Reform background, Flynn's commitment to his faith has grown steadily over the years, and today, h…
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A Gutten Erev Shabbos Parshas Lech Lecha - Divrei Torah, stories and Chizuk. Embark on a soulful journey with Rabbi Yehoshua Liff's inspiring melodies. Join us in honoring the joy, wisdom, and beauty of Rabbi Liff's newly released album, 'Ilu Finu'. - Listen here Visit our website Follow us on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Contact JFoun…
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If you’re near Berkeley on 11/13/24 at 4pm, come see us! Address and info at this link. We’ll take a few questions from email at bayesianconspiracypodcast@gmail.com please let us know if you’re a supporter so we can give extra thanks if so.The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Pattern Recognition vs True Intelligence - Francois Chollet
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Francois Chollet, a prominent AI expert and creator of ARC-AGI, discusses intelligence, consciousness, and artificial intelligence. Chollet explains that real intelligence isn't about memorizing information or having lots of knowledge - it's about being able to handle new situations effectively. This is why he believes current large language models…
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The Elegant Math Behind Machine Learning - Anil Ananthaswamy
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Anil Ananthaswamy is an award-winning science writer and former staff writer and deputy news editor for the London-based New Scientist magazine. Machine learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumor is cancerous, or deciding if someone gets bail. They now influence developments and…
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Man in the High Castle 03: Power Keeps Distorting
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Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue our reading of Man in the High Castle. We get the name of the thing in this one and everyone loses their mind when the German Chancellor dies. Come back next week for chapters 7 and 8!The Methods of Rationality Podcast
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Dr. Aimee Baron | I Was Supposed To Have A Baby
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Aimee Baron MD, FAAP, is the Founder and Executive Director of I Was Supposed to Have a Baby. Dr. Baron was formerly the Director of Innovation and Growth at Nechama Comfort, and has also worked as an attending pediatrician at the Newborn Nursery and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital before taking a leave of absence afte…
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A Gutten Erev Shabbos Parshas Noach - Divrei Torah, stories and Chizuk. Embark on a soulful journey with Rabbi Yehoshua Liff's inspiring melodies. Join us in honoring the joy, wisdom, and beauty of Rabbi Liff's newly released album, 'Ilu Finu'. - Listen here Visit our website Follow us on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Contact JFoundatio…
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224 – Cringe Gates and Cultural Drift
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We discuss Eneasz’s Shrimp Welfare Watches The EA Gates, briefly touch on Hanson’s Cultural Drift, and tackle a lot of follow-ups and feedback. LINKS Shrimp Welfare Watches The EA Gates (also at TwitterX) Cultural Drift Significant Digits is here! From AskWho Eneasz has a boomer crisis about his AI clone Deep Utopia review Utopia, LOL? (Jamie Wahl’…
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AskWho is bringing Significant Digits into audio format via AI narration. The first episode is live today, and he’ll be doing one a week until completion. He’s using an AI-clone of my (Eneasz’s) voice for the bulk of it, which caused me some small amount of existential panic you can read about here. But it’s done with my permission and I’m very hap…
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No new episode this week, sorry folks. Come back next week for chapters 5 and 6! Link to the John Stewart clipThe Methods of Rationality Podcast
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A Gutten Erev Shabbos Parshas Bereishis - Divrei Torah, stories and Chizuk. Embark on a soulful journey with Rabbi Yehoshua Liff's inspiring melodies. Join us in honoring the joy, wisdom, and beauty of Rabbi Liff's newly released album, 'Ilu Finu'. - Listen here Visit our website Follow us on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Contact JFound…
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Michael Levin - Why Intelligence Isn't Limited To Brains.
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Professor Michael Levin explores the revolutionary concept of diverse intelligence, demonstrating how cognitive capabilities extend far beyond traditional brain-based intelligence. Drawing from his groundbreaking research, he explains how even simple biological systems like gene regulatory networks exhibit learning, memory, and problem-solving abil…
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Speechmatics CTO - Next-Generation Speech Recognition
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Will Williams is CTO of Speechmatics in Cambridge. In this sponsored episode - he shares deep technical insights into modern speech recognition technology and system architecture. The episode covers several key technical areas: * Speechmatics' hybrid approach to ASR, which focusses on unsupervised learning methods, achieving comparable results with…
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A Gutten Erev Yom Tov Shmini Atzeres Simchas Torah - Divrei Torah, stories and Chizuk. Embark on a soulful journey with Rabbi Yehoshua Liff's inspiring melodies. Join us in honoring the joy, wisdom, and beauty of Rabbi Liff's newly released album, 'Ilu Finu'. - Listen here Visit our website Follow us on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Con…
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AskWho just attended a “lecture” by AI Grifter Tania Duarte Slide The “TESCREAL” Bungle by Ozy Brennan AskWho Casts AI podcastThe Bayesian Conspiracy
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Dr. Sanjeev Namjoshi - Active Inference
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Dr. Sanjeev Namjoshi, a machine learning engineer who recently submitted a book on Active Inference to MIT Press, discusses the theoretical foundations and practical applications of Active Inference, the Free Energy Principle (FEP), and Bayesian mechanics. He explains how these frameworks describe how biological and artificial systems maintain stab…
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Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven continue our reading of Man in the High Castle. Lot’s of fun plot lines get started in these chapters. Come back next week for chapters 5 and 6!The Methods of Rationality Podcast
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Joscha Bach - Why Your Thoughts Aren't Yours.
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Dr. Joscha Bach discusses advanced AI, consciousness, and cognitive modeling. He presents consciousness as a virtual property emerging from self-organizing software patterns, challenging panpsychism and materialism. Bach introduces "Cyberanima," reinterpreting animism through information processing, viewing spirits as self-organizing software agent…
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Alessandro Palmarini is a post-baccalaureate researcher at the Santa Fe Institute working under the supervision of Melanie Mitchell. He completed his undergraduate degree in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh. Palmarini's current research focuses on developing AI systems that can efficiently acquire new skil…
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Mayer Weiss | Why A Mexican Kid Became a Hassidic Jew [Re-Air]
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Through great travails, challenges, and opportunities, Mayer Weiss navigated his way to Judaism. His journey is an inspiring story of growth and renewal, from his roots in Mexico to his various stops along the path to a new way of life. Mayer can be reached at: mayernweiss@gmail.com ____________________________________ Need Financial Planning and L…
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A Gutten Erev Yom Tov Succos - Divrei Torah, stories and Chizuk. Embark on a soulful journey with Rabbi Yehoshua Liff's inspiring melodies. Join us in honoring the joy, wisdom, and beauty of Rabbi Liff's newly released album, 'Ilu Finu'. - Listen here Visit our website Follow us on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Contact JFoundations: Wha…
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223 – Going Back to the Classics
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Classic, season one adventure this week! Eneasz and Steven have a loosely structured conversation about the sequences’ value, the virtue of silence, scissor statements, and the value of philosophy. LINKS Cryonics is Free! Dan Dennett – Where Am I? The Virtue of Silence Scissors Statements 00:00:05 – Pre-pre show Discussion 01:41:43 – Guild of the R…
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Eneasz chats with TBC Discord member Delta about the cultivation of small online cultures. Get the full episode via our Patreon or our SubStack!The Bayesian Conspiracy
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Welcome back to PKD! Brian and Steven kick off our second book, Man in the High Castle! So far it’s lots of fun, even if the world is a complete nightmare.The Methods of Rationality Podcast
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GPT-o1 demonstrates the Blindsight thesis is likely wrong. Peter Watts on Blindsight Andrew Cutler on origins of consciousness part 1 and part 2 Thou Art GodshatterThe Bayesian Conspiracy
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François Chollet discusses the limitations of Large Language Models (LLMs) and proposes a new approach to advancing artificial intelligence. He argues that current AI systems excel at pattern recognition but struggle with logical reasoning and true generalization. This was Chollet's keynote talk at AGI-24, filmed in high-quality. We will be releasi…
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Nachi sat down with R’ Yaakov Bender for a 1 on 1 chinuch masterclass. Questions were sent in by our Meaningful Minute + members and we got the answers! Join MM+ Here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KWSjnaYDjUlDFpyyjPBpav This Episode was made possible by: ►Keren Hashana Be a Giver https://www.mykerenhashana.com/?utm_source=MPP _________________________…
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A Gutten Erev Shabbos Erev Yom Kippur - Divrei Torah, stories and Chizuk. Embark on a soulful journey with Rabbi Yehoshua Liff's inspiring melodies. Join us in honoring the joy, wisdom, and beauty of Rabbi Liff's newly released album, 'Ilu Finu'. - Listen here Visit our website Follow us on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Contact JFoundat…
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Ivan Zhang, co-founder of Cohere, discusses the company's enterprise-focused AI solutions. He explains Cohere's early emphasis on embedding technology and training models for secure environments. Zhang highlights their implementation of Retrieval-Augmented Generation in healthcare, significantly reducing doctor preparation time. He explores the shi…
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Ubik 06: Pondering Kafkaesque Dimensions
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Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, we wrap up Ubik and talk about some of the cool, mind-bending stuff it makes you think about. Come back next week for the first two chapters of Man in the High Castle!The Methods of Rationality Podcast
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Steven wanted to share an interesting idea from an article that draws a neat parallel between content moderation and information security. The post discussed here is Como is Infosec.The Bayesian Conspiracy
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A Day In October Part 1 | ft. Avi Kahn, Yossi Landau & Rav Shlomo Katz
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On October 7th, the world changed for many. In this special episode of the Meaningful People Podcast, we sit down with three individuals who witnessed the unthinkable on that tragic day. Avi Kahn, an IDF soldier who fought on the front lines in Kfar Azza, shares his firsthand account of bravery, loss, and the strength required to push forward in th…
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Prof. Tim Rocktäschel, AI researcher at UCL and Google DeepMind, talks about open-ended AI systems. These systems aim to keep learning and improving on their own, like evolution does in nature. Ad: Are you a hardcore ML engineer who wants to work for Daniel Cahn at SlingshotAI building AI for mental health? Give him an email! - danielc@slingshot.xy…
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222 – Consciousness As Recursive Reflections with Daniel Böttger
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We talk with Daniel about his ACX guest post that posits that thoughts are conscious, rather than brains. LINKS Consciousness As Recursive Reflections Seven Secular Sermons Seven Secular Sermons video on TwitterX LightHaven’s Eternal September 0:00:05 – Recursive Reflections 01:29:30 – Personal News from Eneasz 01:31:04 – Guild of the Rose 01:32:15…
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Ben Goertzel on "Superintelligence"
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Ben Goertzel discusses AGI development, transhumanism, and the potential societal impacts of superintelligent AI. He predicts human-level AGI by 2029 and argues that the transition to superintelligence could happen within a few years after. Goertzel explores the challenges of AI regulation, the limitations of current language models, and the need f…
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Rosh Hashanah - Recipes And Inspiration (Ep. 254)
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Sponserd by Shawn Karp, CPA. L’ilui Nishmas: Tzvi Meir Ben Reb Yehuda - Harold Schechter (Yahrtzeit 24 Elul). Yissochur Dov Ben Mordechai Yosef HaKohain - Barry Hochdorf (Yahrtzeit 23 Elul). 🤗 Sponsorship opportunities: https://rabbiorlofsky.com/sponsor ~~~ The q&a is sponsored by Teenspace. Teenspace is a new hotline for teenage girls (and their m…
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Welcome back to PKD, the show where Brian and Steven dive into the weird world and weirder mind of Phillip K. Dick! In this episode, the weirdness keeps on coming! Come back next week for the last 4 chapters!The Methods of Rationality Podcast
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Kylie Ora Lobell | My Jewish Husband Wanted a Non Jewish Wife.. But Then I Converted
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The amazing story of Kylie Ora Lobell and her husband. Though she was an atheist and her husband left Orthodox Judaism, they made their journey together back to Jewish life. ►Keren Hashana Be a Giver https://www.mykerenhashana.com/?utm_source=MPP ______________________________________ ►Colel Chabad Pushka App The easiest way to give Tzedaka downloa…
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A Gutten Erev Shabbos Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech - Divrei Torah, stories and Chizuk. Embark on a soulful journey with Rabbi Yehoshua Liff's inspiring melodies. Join us in honoring the joy, wisdom, and beauty of Rabbi Liff's newly released album, 'Ilu Finu'. - Listen here Visit our website Follow us on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Contac…
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Can we achieve our true potential? based on – Interview Day At Thiel Capital also mentioned: Meetups Everywhere 2024 Are You Jesus or HitlerThe Bayesian Conspiracy
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Taming Silicon Valley - Prof. Gary Marcus
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AI expert Prof. Gary Marcus doesn't mince words about today's artificial intelligence. He argues that despite the buzz, chatbots like ChatGPT aren't as smart as they seem and could cause real problems if we're not careful. Marcus is worried about tech companies putting profits before people. He thinks AI could make fake news and privacy issues even…
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Say You’re Sorry (Ep. 253)
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Sponserd by Beth and Matti Friedman. In memory of our father Rabbi Milton Nordlicht z”l of Kew Gardens Hills, NY. 🤗 Sponsorship opportunities: https://rabbiorlofsky.com/sponsor ~~~ 📝 Submit your question: https://rabbiorlofsky.com/qa ~~~ 🟢 Join the “Rabbi Orlofsky Show” WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IOEyfUQ0A8WC7yNqWsWsWS ~~~ Follow Rab…
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